Egil Johansen (footballer)

Egil Flemming Johansen (30 April 1962 – 19 September 2023) was a Norwegian footballer who played as a midfielder.

Egil Johansen
Personal information
Full name Egil Flemming Johansen
Date of birth (1962-04-30)30 April 1962
Place of birth Oslo, Norway
Date of death 19 September 2023(2023-09-19) (aged 61)
Place of death Oslo, Norway
Height 1.74 m (5 ft 9 in)
Position(s) Midfielder
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1979–1982 Bøler IF
1983–1987 Vålerenga 104 (25)
1987–1988 Beveren 9 (3)
1988–1989 Frigg
1990–1991 Vålerenga 20 (4)
International career
1984–1987 Norway 12 (1)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Career

Johansen was born in Oslo on 30 April 1962. He grew up in the eastern suburb of Bøler, and joined Vålerenga in 1983. He spent the majority of his football career at Vålerenga, where he won two league titles (1983 and 1984). He also had a brief spell in the Belgian league where he played for KSK Beveren, and also spent two seasons at Frigg.

On international level, Johansen was capped 12 times for Norway, scoring one goal, which came in his international debut against Iceland.[1] Three of those matches came in the football competition at the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles.[2]

As a technically skilled midfielder who was also an Eastern Oslo native who had grown up as a supporter of the club, Johansen became a crowd favorite among the Vålerenga fans. He was nicknamed "Snapper'n" which referenced the fact that he had been an ice hockey goaltender in his youth.[3]

Personal life and death

In April 2023, Johansen revealed that he had been diagnosed with the terminal neuromuscular disease Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) the previous spring.[3] He died on 19 September 2023, at the age of 61.[4]

References
  1. Egil Johansen, international football statistics, EU-Football. Retrieved 19 September 2023.
  2. "Egil Johansen". Sports-Reference. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 16 June 2013.
  3. "Snapper'n" om sin siste kamp, TV 2 (25 April 2023). Retrieved 25 April 2023.
  4. Vålerenga-legende Egil "Snappern" Johansen er død, Verdens Gang (19 September 2023). Retrieved 19 September 2023.


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